"Was there ever a clique of such unprincipled……" — John Tyler
"Was there ever a clique of such unprincipled men? Their love of office is their controlling passion. In despite of them however we shall leave the government sound and prosperous, and if the annexation of Texas shall crown off my public life, I shall neither retire ingloriously nor be soon forgotten."
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John Tyler
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18 Quotes by John Tyler
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It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.
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